ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1706, 22 December 1919, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. TOM aIdORRIN "JUST FOR TONIGHT."

Tho reason for Tom Moore s elevation to stardom was the fact that picture patrons practically demanded it. His popularity was achieved through assiduous won; and his breezy Irish manner, and delightful smile, as well as his natural, real-man acting, have made him one of the most popular ;of all screen stars. "Just for To-night' is his latest Goldwyn, and in it ho has a shunning romantic role to portray—on a that just suits him, because it was specially written, for him. A new loading lady graces tlio screen alongside of the debonair lorn Lucy Fox Posing, a*, a nobleman in order to reftcU the affections of tho girl he loves, Tom Moore registers the proper amount ot amazement when an altogether unknown wife turns up to claim him. Then the plot proceeds to-thicken, but it is necessary to See the picture, "Just for To -Night, to properly appreciate the delicate and humor, ous situations conceived by the author, the story was written specially for star, and'is consequently just suited to his bright and breezy Irish manner.

EVERYBODY'S,

"INTOLERANCE," TO-NIGH* AT 7.30. Unlike anything that has been produced in the past, massive beyond all precedent, universal in its scope- perfect in detail, asloimdingly.magnificent at one moment, ~and intimately lnynjan fho next,- David .* Griffith's' "Intolerance" is mcontrovcrtiDiy the greatest motion picture ever made. If Griffith had never made another picture his fame would be everlasting on account of "Intolerance" alone. Fortunately he is still producing, and though possibly this great achievement will never again be equalled, the wonderful intellect that conceived it will produce features that will rival it along different lines. The purpose underlying the picture is to trace a universal theme through various periods of the world's . history. Ancient, sacred, mediaeval and modern times are represented, each with a complete story of its own, and the four run concurrently through the picture. Each story has its own castle, and it is worthy of mention that the'caste of "Intolerance'' lias furnished most of the present stars of not« in the screen world. This master production will take up the whole evening from 7130 to 10.30 p.m. for the. next three nights.

PALACE.

NAZIMOVA IN " OUT OF THE FOG." Nazimova, supreme star of the stage, has achiovod an adiled triumph in her latest screen production, "Out of the Fog," which will be shown at the Palace Theatre tonight and until Christmas Eve. The play is an adaptation from her great stage success, "'Coption Shqah." Madame Nazimova is an actress of unique and original talent, she is known as the woman of a thousand moods, and her art is qa great in light fantastic or whimsical moments as -it is in the heavy emotional drama, for which she is internationally famed. She was born in the Russian Crimea, in a little town on the shores of the Black Sea, but was educated in Geneva, where she decided on the career of a violinist and studied accordingly. She made her first public appearance at the age of twelve at a concert in her native town, but it was not long after this that she gave up music for the drama. She studied under the great Stanislawsky, who considered her an artist of groat ability'even at an early age. As leading woman in a Russian stock company she played more than two hundred parts. In America the artist had many stago successes, but, like other noted artists she has grown, to prefer the screen to the stage. Her work in "Revelation. " Toys of Fate." and " Eye for Eye," lias set a higher plane for motion picture achievement than had hitherto been reached hv any other fcrccn 'star, and " Out of the Fog" shows that her art is infinite. Albert Capellani. the distinguished Frenchman, who directed this picture, also made the ' screen adaptation from H. Austin Adams' " 'Ccption Shoals," with the collaboration of June Mathis.

THE PRIVATE SECRETARY. It "is now five years since the "Charley's Aunt'' Comedy Company made their appearance in Falnierston. The company will make its re-appearance at the Opera House on Boxing Night, Friday, December 26, ami Saturday; December 27, when they will present Charley Mawtroy's famous comedy, "Tho Private Secretary," the production in which the company have appeared with great success throughout New Zealand. Speaking of a production of the "Private Secretary,! an exchange says:—"The play was acted in great style, and suited the public taste in all respects Mr Norman Aitken again had charge of the comedy department, and ho completely upset the gravity of everyone by his amusing manner of acting the part of the Rev Robert Spalding, alias the '■' Private Secretary." tie quite captivated tho audience, and ho must be put down as ono of the best comedians theatre-goers have heard for some time."